Nancy Fairbanks

Carolyn Blue's trip to San Francisco includes a visit to her mother-in-law, a few earthquake tremors-and a stint in prison as a murder suspect. A column on prison food might make for an interesting change of pace...

At an opera party in Texas, the artistic director eats some bad guacamole that disagrees with him right to death. A scorned soprano admits to mixing the dish to get back at him for passing her over for her dream role. But Carolyn learns that foul play, not foul food, was the real culprit--and uncovers some unsavory secrets that lead to a full menu of suspects.

Food writer Carolyn Blue's book launch goes up in smoke when her turkey flambZ results in two flaming birds getting tossed out the window-leading to a young woman's death.Now it's up to Carolyn to restore her reputation and find out who sabotaged her poultry party. And she thought flambZing was hard...

Even if Carolyn Blue has to share a cabin with her mother-in-law, she'll still enjoy her Mother's Day present: a gourmet European cruise. That is, until both a female passenger and the double chocolate raspberry mousse go missing.

Awaiting a passionate rendezvous with her husband in romantic Italy, Carolyn spends the day with the beautiful Paolina, who has been stood up by her lover. But Carolyn's ciesta turns sour as when she finds her lovely companion drowned in the hotel's pool. Is it suicide? Or Paolina's boss--with benefits?

Food writer Carolyn Blue becomes involved in a murder investigation when she travels to Barcelona with her husband and attends a much too realistic performance art act about death in which the victim looks exactly like Carolyn's friend Roberta.